Kids are so great at celebrating. I recently watched one of my kids after a great performance that helped her team win a big game. The delight and pleasure radiating from her face made my heart want to burst. She was completely absorbed in enjoying that moment of triumph with her teammates. As adults we rarely experience those moments of pure, all-encompassing joy. Maybe the birth of a child or another big event compares, but the day-to-day victories often get swallowed up by the demands of life. That’s why it is so important to stop and acknowledge our progress along the way, and the … [Read more...]
A Few Thoughts on Thankfulness
It is always very humbling to think of everything I’m thankful for — for life, health, family, friends, shelter, food, and all of our basic needs met. I am thankful I get to do work that I believe in, walking alongside neighbors aspiring for a healthy, whole, thriving community. As we head into the holiday season, these are a few things I am particularly thankful for this year. Thankful for the blessing of living and working in such a vibrant, loving community I learn so much from my neighbors about trust, about faith, and about joy in the midst of suffering. I so often see them show joy … [Read more...]
A Kaleidoscope of Learning
National Conferences Make Opportunities for Staff Training and Global Connections Have you ever seen one of those pictures that is made up of tiny little pictures of other things? From a distance your eye captures the confluence of all the colors together and sees one large image, but up close you notice each pixel is a tiny image in and of itself. That is how I see us as an organization at Ciudad Nueva. Up close we are a full picture of our community and all that is happening here, but we are also part of a larger picture of community development in our nation and around the … [Read more...]
